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A business letter from Aphrodisios to Soteles complaining that Soteles has failed to send oil or the price of wheat owed in connection with Adrastos, and threatening to recover it from a third party. Written in year 10 of Augustus (21-20 BC) in the Herakleopolite nome.
The text is damaged at the line ends, so the opening reproach and some details of the transaction are uncertain. "Caesar" in the date refers to Augustus.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἀφροδίσιος Σωτέλῃ χαίρειν· ἐγὼ μὲν ἐν διαλήψει σε ἀγαθῇ εἶχον· ἐπεὶ δʼ ἐν οὐδενὶ μείζονι πειρᾶν σ[…] τοιοῦτον γεγονότα α…[…] ριστην ὀψώνια· τάδε …[…] ψον μοι ἃ ἐπεδέξου ἀπηγε[…] σεν μοι ὑπὲρ Ἀδράστου εισκ[…] …ν τούτῳ …ια… ἓξ καὶ τοῦ ἐλαίου τους…· ἐπεὶ δὲ οὐ βούλει τὸ ἔλαιον πέμπε…
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